The tropical-extratropical interaction between high-frequency transients and the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-677

  Matthews, Adrian J ^a,c   Kiladis, George N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032717385     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0661:TTEIBH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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